Sunday, March 14, 2010

Tweeting Helps Haiti

January 30, 2010 by k2daline  
Filed under The Internet

Thanks to a single Twitter message, an astounding emergency response network was built from scratch in the wake of Haiti’s devastating January 12th earthquake.
The day after the 7.0 quake, 24-year-old Washington, D.C., resident Josh Nesbit felt an intense desire to help those in need. So he went to his computer and sent out the following [...]

Earthquake Taking Out Haiti

January 13, 2010 by k2daline  
Filed under Places

After the earth shook more violently in Haiti than it has in two centuries, its citizens hunkered down for the night, awaiting daylight Wednesday to ascertain the full scope of death and devastation.
The United States and global humanitarian agencies said they would to begin administering aid on Wednesday amid fears that impoverished Haiti, already [...]

MythBusters: Erik Gates Dies

December 29, 2009 by MessGirl  
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One of the cast members, Erik Gates, on the popular show on the Discovery Channel, MythBusters, died after he fell from a thirty foot drop in a work-related accident. Erik Gates, owner of Gateco Electric, was working at the site of his death when he fell through a skylight. Gates suffered blunt force chest [...]

Texas Tech: Mike Leach Suspended

December 28, 2009 by MessGirl  
Filed under Sports

 

Mike Leach, Texas Tech Head Coach, has been suspended for a while. The school is currently investigating complaints from receiver Adam James, son of former NFL Player and television analyst Craig James, and his family about how the coach treated James after a concussion. While the investigation is going on the defensive coordinator, Ruffin McNeill, [...]

Google Phone Is A Big Deal!

December 15, 2009 by k2daline  
Filed under The Internet

With Google’s disclosure over the weekend that it would launch its own cellphone, the online giant is staking claim to a piece of the fast-growing mobile marketplace and making a direct challenge to Apple’s swift rise in the sector.

Google said in a corporate blog on Saturday that it has developed a phone based on its [...]

Travis McKie: Wake Forest Commit & Social Networking Guru

December 1, 2009 by k2daline  
Filed under Interviews, Sports

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Travis McKie, a rising senior for John Marshall [...]

Top 10 Internet Moments of All Time

November 18, 2009 by k2daline  
Filed under The Internet

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Thanks to CNN.com, here are the top 10 internet moments of all time…. DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!!
? Craigslist expands beyond San Francisco (2000): When the free classifieds site broadened its reach into nine more cities, it began a major shift away from newspaper classifieds, according to the Webbys. Craigslist now hosts listings in more than 500 [...]

Social Networking Sites Save Baby

October 28, 2009 by TMISports  
Filed under The Internet

Social networking is helping to save one very tiny baby’s life.
Jaeli Brow came into the world last June with an extremely rare condition — a chromosomal mutation that makes her incapable of tolerating most forms of nutrition, including most formula and breast milk, or to put on weight. For a tiny baby fighting to gain [...]

NFL Player Quits Twitter

September 22, 2009 by k2daline  
Filed under The Internet

Now that he’s apologized for calling fans “dim wits,” Washington Redskins rookie Robert Henson is apparently done with Twitter. Anyone clicking on Henson’s Twitter account Tuesday got a message saying “Sorry, that page doesn’t exist!”
On Sunday night, Henson fired off many tweets at fans who booed the Redskins during their 9-7 win over the St. [...]

What is Bebo?

August 15, 2009 by MessGirl  
Filed under Sites

What exactly is bebo? How do you use it? and what is it for?
These are some of the many questions I ask myself when I saw it in a Health Article for U.S. News.
So, I decided to go check it out and see what the deal is about this “Bebo”.
This is what I found out [...]

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